Love
The Trees' Reflection in the Misty Stream
Translated by Gertrude Hall (1895) · From Romances sans paroles (1874)
Love
The trees' reflection in the misty stream
Dies off in livid steam;
Whilst up among the actual boughs, forlorn,
The tender wood-doves mourn.
How wan the face, O traveller, this wan
Gray landscape looked upon;
And how forlornly in the high tree-tops
Lamented thy drowned hopes!
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Verlaine, Paul. “The Trees' Reflection in the Misty Stream.” Translated by Gertrude Hall. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/verlaine/18/.
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Verlaine, Paul. “The Trees' Reflection in the Misty Stream.” Translated by Gertrude Hall. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/verlaine/18/.
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